12/26/2024 4:08:06 PM	CSKLS 100 Course Outline as of Spring 2009	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  CSKLS 100	Title:  SKILLS FOR ADMIN OF MEDS
Full Title:  Skills for Medication Administration
Last Reviewed:4/8/2013

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	2.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	2.00	Lab Scheduled	1.00		5 min.	Lab Scheduled	17.50
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 122.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  CSKL 100

Catalog Description:

Instruction in advanced arithmetic skills designed for Health Science students. Prepares students for success in medication administration through advanced skills development of operations with fractions, decimals, and percents. Teaches students to convert between metric, household, and apothecary systems, using proportion, equation, and formula methods. Introduces and develops advanced skills in calculating drug dosages in preparation for safe administration of medications in the health field.  

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of CSKLS 371 or CSKLS 368B or higher; or Qualifying Test Score in Math

Recommended Preparation:
Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Instruction in calculating drug dosages utilizing metric, household and apothecary systems.  Designed for Health Science students.  

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Completion of CSKLS 371 or CSKLS 368B or higher; or Qualifying Test Score in Math
Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or ESL 100
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Compute advanced operations in addition, subtraction, multiplication,

   and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals;

2. Solve complex word problems involving multiple operations;

3. Convert metric, household, and apothecary formulas;

4. Use various methods to solve basic pharmacology problems;

5. Calculate drug dosages for oral and parenteral administration;

6. Identify medication errors in a case study or in situational word problems and respond with a solution.

Topics and Scope

1. Advanced skills development of operations

  a. Addition

  b. Subtraction

  c. Multiplication

  d. Division of

     1) Whole numbers

     2) Fractions

     3) Decimals

     4) Measurements

2. Conversions as applied to Health Sciences

   a. Fractions

   b. Decimals

   c. Percents

   d. Metric

   e. Household

   f. Apothecary

3. Health science problems using various methods

   a. Ratio-proportion

   b. Equations

   c. Formulas

   d. Dimensional analysis

4. Measurement systems and their application in basic pharmacology

   problems and conversions within and between systems

   a. Household

   b. Metric

   c. Apothecary

5. Simple and complex drug dosage calculations for safe administration

   a. Oral

   b. Parenteral

   c. Pediatric--weight and body surface area

6. Standard abbreviations and conventions of drugs

   a. Labels

   b. Orders

   c. Records

   d. Reconstitution of powdered drugs

7. Typical errors involving dosage calculations

   a. computational errors

   b. dosage errors

   c. safety assessment errors

   d. errors in selection of devices used to administer medication

Assignments:

1.  Approximately 13 to 20 homework assignments

2.  Two exams

3.  Computer-assisted learning and/or other lab assignments

4.  Comprehensive final exam

5.  Written responses to case studies and situational word problems containing medication errors

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 5%
Written responses to case studies
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because problem solving assessments are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 5 - 10%
Homework problems
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 5 - 10%
Lab assignments
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 75 - 85%
Tests and final exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 5 - 5%
Lecture and lab participation.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Medical Dosage Calculations, 9th edition. Olsen, June; Giangrasso, Anthony Patric; Shrimpton, Dolores; Dillon, Patricia. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.

Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy, 2nd edition.  Brunner, Lillian S.

Springhouse Publishing Co., 2001.

Dimensional Analysis for Meds, 2nd edition. Curren, Anna. Thomson Learning,

2002.

Instructor prepared materials.

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